2012 EDA Award Winners

With sincerest appreciation for all the great work that’s been done in film this year, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 EDA Awards.

Congrats to all!

EDA ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Best Film

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

Best Screenplay, Original

Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

Best Screenplay, Adapted

Argo – Chris Terrio

Best Documentary

Searching For Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul

Best Animated Film

ParaNorman

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Phillip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

Best Ensemble Cast

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Editing

Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

Best Cinematography

Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda

Best Film Music Or Score

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin

Best Non-English-Language Film

Amour

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director

Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

Best Woman Screenwriter

Lucy Alibar (and Benh Zeitlin) – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Kick Ass Award For Best Female Action Star

Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games

Best Animated Female

Brave – Merida – Kelly Macdonald

Best Breakthrough Performance

Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

Judi Dench – Skyfall

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism – Female Icon Award —

(Presented to an actress for the portrayal of the most positive female role model, or for a role in which she takes personal and/or career risks to plumb the female psyche and therefore gives us courage to plumb our own, and/or for putting forth the image of a woman who is heroic, accomplished, persistent, demands her rights and/or the rights of others.)

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry

(Presented only when warranted to a female who has had a banner-making, record-breaking, industry-changing achievement during any given year — such as Kathryn Bigelow’s Best Director Oscar win, or for an actress having multiple outstanding films released during one year.)